TULSA, Okla. - The NCAA released the full brackets and seeding for the 2023 NCAA Wrestling Championships during their selection show on Wednesday night. The four Boilermakers headed to the BOK Center found out their first-round opponents and seeding for the national tournament, with sophomore Matt Ramos leading the pack as the No. 4 seed in the 125 pound bracket.
Joining Ramos at the national championships are graduate-senior Parker Filius, senior Kendall Coleman and freshman Hayden Copass. Filius and Coleman both earned spots on the No. 12 line in what will be the fourth trip to the NCAA tournament for both wrestlers. They are the 15th and 16th student-athletes in program history to be four-time qualifiers. Copass qualified for the first time in his debut in the postseason and checked in as the No. 30 seed at heavyweight.
The 125-pound Ramos has had a sensational season, racking up a 31-4 record to take the No. 4 seed in Tulsa. Fourth is the highest seed for a Boilermaker since Dylan Lydy was slated to wrestle from that spot in the 2020 tournament that would eventually be canceled. Ben Wissel was the last Purdue wrestler to actual enter a tournament seeded that highly when he became an All-American as the No. 3 in 2006.
Ramos earned an auto-bid by placing third at the Big Ten Championships last weekend. He faces the No. 29 seed Nico Provo of Stanford in the first round. Ramos' only career match against a Cardinal wrestler came earlier this season in a 10-2 major decision win over Wyatt Richter.
Sixth-year senior Parker Filius heads to his fourth NCAA tournament with a 21-9 record and with his highest ever seed as the No. 12 at 141. He was undoubtedly boosted by a fantastic run at the Big Ten Championships where he finished in fifth as the No. 8 seed, beating three top-20 ranked opponents including a dramatic upset of No. 7 Frankie Tal-Shahar of Northwestern in the fifth place match.
Filius faces No. 21 Cleveland Belton of Oregon State in the first round. It will be an opportunity for revenge for the Havre, Mont., native, who lost to Belton 3-2 at Cliff Keen earlier this season.
Coleman is also headed to his fourth NCAA Championships after compiling an impressive 27-6 record and finishing in sixth at the Big Ten tournament. He will face another Big Ten opponent in No. 21 Andrew Clark of Rutgers. Coleman is 2-0 in his career against Scarlet Knights.
The freshman Copass joins his more experienced teammates in Tulsa for his first NCAA tournament after securing an auto-bid by placing in seventh at Big Tens, winning a pivotal match over Indiana's Jacob Bullock in the bloodrounds for qualification. His first round matchup will be against Penn State's Big Ten runner-up No. 3 Greg Kerkvliet.
For more information on the tournament, visit the 2023 NCAA Wrestling Championships home page.
Purdue Seeds & Match-Ups
125: #4 Matt Ramos (R-Sophomore)
First Round: No. 29 Nico Provo (Stanford)
141: #12 Parker Filius (Graduate Student)
First Round: No. 21 Cleveland Belton (Oregon State)
157: #12 Kendall Coleman (R-Senior)
First Round: No. 21 Andrew Clark (Rutgers)
285: #30 Hadyen Copass (R-Freshman)
First Round: No. 3 Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State)
Joining Ramos at the national championships are graduate-senior Parker Filius, senior Kendall Coleman and freshman Hayden Copass. Filius and Coleman both earned spots on the No. 12 line in what will be the fourth trip to the NCAA tournament for both wrestlers. They are the 15th and 16th student-athletes in program history to be four-time qualifiers. Copass qualified for the first time in his debut in the postseason and checked in as the No. 30 seed at heavyweight.
The 125-pound Ramos has had a sensational season, racking up a 31-4 record to take the No. 4 seed in Tulsa. Fourth is the highest seed for a Boilermaker since Dylan Lydy was slated to wrestle from that spot in the 2020 tournament that would eventually be canceled. Ben Wissel was the last Purdue wrestler to actual enter a tournament seeded that highly when he became an All-American as the No. 3 in 2006.
Ramos earned an auto-bid by placing third at the Big Ten Championships last weekend. He faces the No. 29 seed Nico Provo of Stanford in the first round. Ramos' only career match against a Cardinal wrestler came earlier this season in a 10-2 major decision win over Wyatt Richter.
Sixth-year senior Parker Filius heads to his fourth NCAA tournament with a 21-9 record and with his highest ever seed as the No. 12 at 141. He was undoubtedly boosted by a fantastic run at the Big Ten Championships where he finished in fifth as the No. 8 seed, beating three top-20 ranked opponents including a dramatic upset of No. 7 Frankie Tal-Shahar of Northwestern in the fifth place match.
Filius faces No. 21 Cleveland Belton of Oregon State in the first round. It will be an opportunity for revenge for the Havre, Mont., native, who lost to Belton 3-2 at Cliff Keen earlier this season.
Coleman is also headed to his fourth NCAA Championships after compiling an impressive 27-6 record and finishing in sixth at the Big Ten tournament. He will face another Big Ten opponent in No. 21 Andrew Clark of Rutgers. Coleman is 2-0 in his career against Scarlet Knights.
The freshman Copass joins his more experienced teammates in Tulsa for his first NCAA tournament after securing an auto-bid by placing in seventh at Big Tens, winning a pivotal match over Indiana's Jacob Bullock in the bloodrounds for qualification. His first round matchup will be against Penn State's Big Ten runner-up No. 3 Greg Kerkvliet.
For more information on the tournament, visit the 2023 NCAA Wrestling Championships home page.
Purdue Seeds & Match-Ups
125: #4 Matt Ramos (R-Sophomore)
First Round: No. 29 Nico Provo (Stanford)
141: #12 Parker Filius (Graduate Student)
First Round: No. 21 Cleveland Belton (Oregon State)
157: #12 Kendall Coleman (R-Senior)
First Round: No. 21 Andrew Clark (Rutgers)
285: #30 Hadyen Copass (R-Freshman)
First Round: No. 3 Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State)